Where does “centroattacco” come from?
centroattacco (Italian) comes from Italian attacco, from Italian attaccare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare, from Italian distaccare, from Middle French destacher, from Old French destachier, from Old French des — to give.
centroattacco (Italian): centre forward, striker
Ancestry of “centroattacco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | attacco | attack, assault; attack, criticism; attack, fit,... |
| 2 | Italian | attaccare | to stick, attach, append; to attack |
| 3 | Italian | a- | ad-; a- |
| 4 | Italian | staccare | to remove, take or take down; to tear out; to... |
| 5 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 6 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 7 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 8 | Old French | des | — |
| 9 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 10 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 11 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 12 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |